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So, last night I decided to splurge and purchase a bottle of Chimay Premiere. It's a Belgian Trappist Ale. It cost me $11.00 for a 25.4 oz bottle... which seemed a bit ridiculous, but a friend of mine has really talked this beer up... so I gave it a shot. It really was hands down the best beer I...

I kind of have a journal going on of my first brewing experience under "Extract Brewing" but I wanted to make a separate thread to show some pictures of my first taste. These are pictures of my IPA which I had last night. The beer was bottled for one week and one day (and it already tastes good...

The whole brewing process was a lot of fun... and I was pretty sure even before my taste tonight that I wanted to do it again, but it gets you way more hooked if your first batch is delicious... and I must say... it is delicious. I went into having pretty low expectations... because I felt...

Tonight I'll be sampling my beer. It's been in the bottle for one week and one day. I know it's not "ready" until 3 or 4 weeks, but I atleast have to try one! I'll post a picture of how it's looking and if I come back disappointed, be sure to remind me that I still need to give it a couple...

You can't go wrong with a woman like that as your label.

Very nice! Clean, simple lines... looks real sharp.

It sure doesn't make sense they call it an Oktoberfest or a Bock then... if truly it is an ale. Hmm.. I may try it anyway.

Being nice Brother, Myself Going into the bottling bucket Yeast

Okay here are some pictures of the bottling process at my brother's house. My brother just recently bought this house and is completely renovating it... so that will explain the missing cupboards, no tiling, etc (if you even notice). Now, onto the pictures! Sanitizing Sanitizing...

Hey Tophe... thanks for the reply. Yeah, the instructions are a bit generic.. I'll have to look the midwestsupplies/northern brewer kits. Right now I'm buying at my local shop.... Siciliano's Market.... and they have great prices, and no shipping! What are you brewing up? Good luck!

I recently discovered this as well.... in fact, I called my brother the day after we brewed (his house is where we were storing the beer at) and asked him if he thought that cap was supposed to come off, and to have him check it. He was smart enough to realize it had holes in it.

Hey - For my next batch I was thinking of doing a German Oktoberfest or Traditional European Bock.... both of which are Brewer's Best kits. I'm real new to this, so correct me if I am wrong, but aren't Oktoberfests and Bock's lagers? So, don't they need to be fermented in a cool area? The...

This has only happened with plastic bottles?

Okay... I just bottled my first batch ever on Wednesday. It was an IPA extract kit from LD Carlson / Brewer's Best. I messed up tremendously along the way, all the while being assured it wasn't a big deal by helpful voices on this forum.... and told that my errors weren't that tragic. Well, I...

Hey Bromley... I'm from Grand Rapids. Welcome to the boards! Let us know how your beers are coming along... good luck!

Beer is all bottled and now I'm waiting. I'm thinking labeling ideas now. Anyone use the avery shipping stickers? Do you use hairspray to prevent from color leaking? I think I may go this route.

Well, we bottled last night... it took awhile to sanitize all the bottles, all the tools, and really get underway. However, once we began bottling it was a smooth operation. My brother bottled with the auto dealie (when you lift it stops filling) and I did the capping and all the other...

TheJadedDog and BierMuncher thanks so much for your help and advice throughout this process, you have offered a lot of insight!

I didn't end up getting to transfer to the secondary... so chances are I'll be bottling tomorrow. It's been in the primary for 11 days now... and depending on the gravity reading being similar to my last reading... then I'll be bottling. So, the best plan of attack is to siphon from primary...

Horrible news. Everything seems to be going to plan (fermentation wise), but I found out today that a bag of crushed victory wasn't put in to steep. We had two bags... one was crushed crystal malt, and one was crushed victory malt. The crystal malt was 1lb and the victory malt was 8oz. Is my...